Global oil demand may suffer as crude nears $80, warns IEA

It's yet uncertain how much of Iran's supply could be affected under new USA sanctions which have yet to be detailed.

"The only reason why we're not seeing higher prices from here today is the strength of the USA dollar", Tariq Zahir, managing member at Tyche Capital Advisors, toldReuters.

The oil market is set to tighten further as supplies have been constrained by the earlier Vienna pact involving Saudi Arabia-led Opec along with non-Opec Russia to cut output by 1.5 million bpd, resulting in global crude inventories falling to 1 million barrels below a five-year average.

"In these early days, there is understandable uncertainty about its potential impact on Iran's oil exports, which are now about 2.4 mb/d", the IEA noted.

The sources told Reuters Saeed Khoshrou, director of global affairs at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), held separate meetings in Beijing on Monday with top executives at Chinese oil giant Sinopec's trading unit and state oil trader Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp to discuss oil supplies and seek assurances from the Chinese buyers.

Neil Atkinson, head of the oil industry and markets division at the IEA, told CNBC's "Street Signs" that "the stability of the market" could be at stake.

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"European and Asian buyers of Brent are pricing in the risks and realities of the fallout from sanctions on Iran to increased tensions in the Gaza strip, as well as the inability of traditional Brent oil producers to fill that void", said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at Price Futures Group. The IEA attributes the decline to higher prices that are expected to dampen demand.

Indiareceived about 397,200 bpd of oil from Venezuela in April, the highest since September, up about 46.8 percent from a year ago, the data showed. Markets face other disruptions besides Iran, with Venezuela's output plunging to the lowest since the 1950s as its economy unravels. A stronger greenback makes it more expensive to buy dollar-denominated commodities like oil.

Non-OPEC supply this year now is forecast to grow by 1.7 million b/d y/y, with 89% from the United States.

The API reported Tuesday that United States crude supplies rose by almost 4.9 million barrels for the week ended May 11.

The downward trend was supported by data released late Tuesday by the American Petroleum Institute showing USA crude oil inventories increased last week by 4.8 million barrels.

OPEC and its allies are cutting production by about 1.8 million barrels per day, nearly 2% of world supply, until the end of 2018.

The agency trimmed its 2018 world demand growth projection by 40,000 barrels a day to 1.4 million a day, projecting total consumption at 99.2 million barrels a day. Gasoline stocks were down (-3.8m vs. -1.4m expected) while distillate stocks (-0.1m vs. -2.4m expected) were also down.

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Asians not only tend to have diets high in sodium, but they are genetically more sensitive to sodium, the researchers said. I was then put on chronic treatment". "I have not had heart problems since I've been on the medication".

Kavlekar said that in absence of the Chief Minister in the state for last two months, there is no government in place. Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar said the governors cannot have two different sets of rules.

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